With a title like All Art Must Be Destroyed and a thank you credit that reads “For disgusting troglodytes everywhere”, it’s safe to assume that whatever OAFROTT has to offer, it’s going to have a strong opinion. And that it does.
With the first track, “The President Song”, we get a swirling intro quickly followed by an onslaught of a gruff refrain chanting “I Don’t Want Your America” coupled with “Fuck You and Your Family.” Opinions indeed! Of the five tracks, most are two minutes or shorter; absolutely blasting you with full force. “Life and Times of a Networking Failure” contains some screeds about the dangers of social networking taking a bit of life from us all, while “Sea of Nothing” contains foreboding spoken words about fighting against the nihilism of it all.
Metal has never been known for its clarity of lyrics but what you can pick up here is laser focused angst aimed at our current societal direction, resulting in a fist-pumping, head-thrashing catharsis. As long as there aren’t some questionable lyrics I’m glossing over, I’m down for the release.